Same Albergue 12 months later?

[AnnieH61]

I'm intending to return to Burgos (in May 14) to continue my Camino (April 13), but will be arriving late afternoon. Should I book a hotel room or can I stay at the same Albergue that I stayed in when I finished my first section? I did search for this info but couldn't find it so sorry if it's a repeat.
many thanks
Annie

 

[Deleted member 3000]

They will admit you with your credential. Buen camino!

 

[GunnarW]

...if there is still place left in the late afternoon...

 

[piogaw]

I'm intending to return to Burgos (in May 14) to continue my Camino (April 13), but will be arriving late afternoon. Should I book a hotel room or can I stay at the same Albergue that I stayed in when I finished my first section? I did search for this info but couldn't find it so sorry if it's a repeat.
many thanks
Annie

Annie,

You can use the same credential. Make sure you get another sello when you restart at the same Town. The sello can be from anywhere in the same town/city.

Good luck. Buen camino and god bless.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Make sure you get another sello when you restart at the same Town. The sello can be from anywhere in the same town/city.

While that makes for a nice souvenir, it is only necessary in the last 100km to show continuity, and only then if you want a compostela. Until the last 100km getting sellos is optional. While the credential is required for admission to many albergues, the sellos are not. You may encounter the occasional hospitalero who wants to know now far you walked that day, so looks at the previous sello, but that is a personality quirk. It can be dealt with by offering an explanation that you forgot to get the stamp, or just move on to the next albergue.

 

[Rebekah Scott]

sometimes it´s not a quirk. In some albergues they keep better statistics, and where you started that day is sometimes part of that -- often in scenic or vacationer-popular places like Luarca or Corcubion, where they deal with those who go slooowly and want to just hang out in the area while paying minimal charges. Like one hospitalera told a person who had walked all of five kilometers to get there: "You are a pilgrim. A pilgrim walks."

(I have seen these records kept in Villalon de Campos (on the Madrid) Miraz, and in Orense, too.)